Mauritania vs the Seychelles: Economic Indicators Comparison

Mauritania with a GDP of $5.2B ranked the 156th largest economy in the world, while the Seychelles ranked 180th with $1.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Mauritania and the Seychelles ranked 103rd vs 45th and 167th vs 55th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatMauritaniaSeychelles
GDP$5.2B$1.6B
GDP growth, 1 year3%3.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.8%4.6%
Population4.4M96k
GDP per capita$1.2k$16k
GDP per capita growth0.71%2.64%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor10.227.48
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.290.54
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$4k$31k
GNI, Atlas method$5.1B$1.5B
GNI per capita$1.2k$16k
GNI, PPP adjusted$18.1B$2.8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$4.1k$29k

Financial system and Human development

StatMauritaniaSeychelles
Income Tax Rate30%15%
Corporate Tax Rate25%33%
Inflation, consumer prices3.1%3.7%
Inflation, GDP deflator2.8%4.1%
Unemployment10.3%3%
Economic Freedom Index55.364.3
Personal Freedom Index5.057.17
Human Freedom Index5.527.14
Property Rights Index32.568.3
Judical Effectiveness Index20.846.4
Business Freedom Index61.765.3
Fiscal Health Index85.993.2
Labor Freedom Index51.362.8
Investment Freedom Index5055
Financial Freedom Index4030
Trade Freedom Index62.682.6
Monetary Freedom Index79.678.6
Government Spending Index76.458.9
Tax Burden Index80.976.8
Government Integrity Index21.953.3
Corruption Perceptions Index2766
Life expectancy at birth, years64.574.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.49.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people24.715.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people9.912.7
International tourism, number of arrivals30k362k

Government debt & reserves

StatMauritaniaSeychelles
Central government debt, % of GDP83.9%58.2%
External debt stocks, % of GNI97.8%N/A
External debt stocks$5.2BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves112.6%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income15.7%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-10.3%N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP19.8%10.2%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP47.7%32.5%
Total reserves including gold$934.3M$549.5M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$70.8M$43.9M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatMauritaniaSeychelles
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP45.1%87%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP76.2%102.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$972.9M-$269.4M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A36.4%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$179.7M$13.8M
Personal remittances received$60.4M$22.7M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP26.1%10.9%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP25.9%2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP$1M$2.2M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP$77k$1.4M
Expense, % of GDPN/A33.3%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP28%37%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Mauritania vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
North Korea
$1.7k
25.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Rwanda
$773
12.2M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M

Seychelles vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Portugal
$23k
10.6M
Saudi Arabia
$23k
33M
Estonia
$23k
1.32M
Czech Republic
$23k
10.7M
Vatican City
$21k
1k
Greece
$20k
10.8M
Curacao
$20k
160k
Slovakia
$19k
5.4M
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$19k
55.3k
Lithuania
$19k
2.79M
Barbados
$18k
286k
Latvia
$18k
1.91M
Uruguay
$17k
3.46M
Trinidad and Tobago
$17k
1.37M
Antigua and Barbuda
$17k
102k
Oman
$16k
4.83M
Hungary
$16k
9.94M
Venezuela
$16k
28.5M
Chile
$16k
18.1M
Palau
$16k
21.7k
Panama
$16k
4.1M
Poland
$15k
38.4M
Croatia
$15k
4.11M
Romania
$12k
19.6M
Costa Rica
$12k
4.91M
Argentina
$12k
44.9M
Malaysia
$11k
31.6M
Russia
$11k
147M
Mauritius
$11k
1.26M
Grenada
$11k
108k